As the end of the year drew near, the temperature began to drop as well.
Although Binhai City was a coastal city, a rare heavy snowfall fell on the last day of the year.
Snowflakes drifted down in profusion, burying some low-lying areas under more than half a meter of snow. The temperature had plunged to well below minus ten degrees, but the biting cold failed to dampen people's anticipation for the New Year.
Perhaps the system had detected a certain festive atmosphere as well, because a peculiar item had appeared in every Player's personal Store.
Put simply, it was a special card that could postpone the arrival of a System Mandated Quest. It was not particularly expensive either; even a Normal Player could afford it.
However, this special card came with rather stringent conditions and requirements for use.
It could either be used during special traditional holidays such as the Spring Festival, or when the Player was in a special situation, such as pregnancy or childbirth.
These special Cards had appeared in the Shops of certain specific Players before, but this time, they could be considered universally available.
It was precisely because of these Cards that the Players in Huaxia were able to enjoy a relatively peaceful New Year.
Of course, the situation at home and abroad was different.
No matter how chaotic things became overseas, the domestic situation remained under control. In some Western countries, people had even proposed the absurd theory of coexisting with Anomalies.
—In other words, they had completely given up.
In this battle without smoke between humanity and Anomalies, some countries were working hard to contain them, while others simply let things run wild. There was no shortage of measures that actively dragged others down, either.
At Huaxia's customs and border checkpoints, dozens of